Country Songwriter Quotes by Porter Wagoner

I believe there is a different kind of beauty, the beauty of being honest, of being yourself, of singing it like you feel it.

— Porter Wagoner

Of course, Dolly started out basically on my television show. She just learned a lot when she was on my show the first seven…

— Porter Wagoner

Everywhere I go, people tell me they still love traditional country.

— Porter Wagoner

I didn't start in the music business to make money.

— Porter Wagoner

I never drank any in my life. Never have. Just never liked the taste of whiskey, and beer I don't care for at all.

— Porter Wagoner

When you get involved in litigation with attorneys, man, they drag you down in the mud.

— Porter Wagoner

Good country music is kind of like getting a straight, honest answer.

— Porter Wagoner

I've always been a team player, tried to make the show and the band - especially something that I was responsible for, like 'The…

— Porter Wagoner

Don't try to be something you're not, and find some great songs because there is still an interest.

— Porter Wagoner

I love to write but it lays real heavy on your mind. Because I'd have to get so involved in ideas, I'd get lost…

— Porter Wagoner

The days of an artist receiving airplay as a new act are gone.

— Porter Wagoner

You couldn't help but like James Brown if you came to see a show because he's such a wonderful showman.

— Porter Wagoner